FNUS73 KDMX 291252 FWSDMX SPOT FORECAST FOR LAKE RED ROCK...U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 752 AM CDT MON APR 29 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 CDT ON APRIL 29. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. AN INITIAL OBSERVATION AT IGNITION AND A MID BURN OBSERVATION ARE REQUIRED... PLEASE RELAY THEM TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FOR EACH PRESCRIBED BURN. .DISCUSSION... FRONT WILL STALL OUT ACROSS CENTRAL IOWA WITH WINDS REMAINING PRIMARILY FROM THE SOUTH. THERE WILL BE AN INCREASING THREAT FOR CONVECTION LATE TODAY. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (45-55 PERCENT). ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 78. MIN HUMIDITY........45 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 9 MPH. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1700 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3900 FT AGL IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 8 TO 16 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (1800-49100 KNOT-FT). TIME (CDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........51 55 57 60 61 61 60 60 58 55 WEATHER COV..... ISO ISO SCT SCT ISO WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RW TSTM COV........ ISO ISO SCT SCT ISO TEMP............63 67 70 73 75 76 77 78 78 77 RH..............67 61 57 51 50 48 47 45 47 50 EYE LVL WND DIR.S S S S S S S S S S EYE LVL WND SPD.4 4 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 EYE LVL WND GST.10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 MIX HGT (KFT)...1.7 2.4 2.9 3.3 3.8 3.8 3.9 3.9 3.8 3.6 MIXNG WIND DIR..SW SW SW S SE S S S S S MIXNG WIND SPD..9 10 10 9 9 10 12 13 14 16 HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT). ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE EVENING...THEN CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE EVENING. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE MORNING. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 61. MAX HUMIDITY........87 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 15 MPH. HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......3400 FT AGL DECREASING TO 1300 FT AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 9 TO 18 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (2000-47800 KNOT-FT). TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY (%).........53 53 53 54 50 45 WEATHER COV.....ISOLTD CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TSTM COV........ISOLTD CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE TEMP............75 72 68 66 64 62 RH..............55 61 70 75 81 87 EYE LEVEL WIND..S 6 S 5 S 6 S 7 S 9 S 9 EYE LVL WND GST.10 10 15 15 15 MIX HGT (FT)....3400 1300 400 600 400 300 MIXNG WIND......S 16 SE 12 E 9 SE 13 S 15 S 17 HAINES INDEX....4 3 3 4 5 5 $$ FORECASTER...COGIL REQUESTED BY...HUGH HOWE TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130429.LAKER.01/DMX